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Doctrine is an ORM (object relational mapper) for PHP that sits on top of a powerful DBAL (database abstraction layer). One of its key features is the ability to optionally write database queries in an OO (object oriented) SQL-dialect called DQL inspired by Hibernates HQL. This provides developers ... [More] with a powerful alternative to SQL that maintains a maximum of flexibility without requiring needless code duplication. [Less]